"modern Germanic languages save English and Scots retain the more general sense: for example, German ""Tier"" and Norwegian ""dyr"" mean ""animal"". For many types of deer in modern English usage, the male is a ""buck"" and the female a ""doe"", but the terms vary with dialect, and according to the size of the species. The male red deer is a ""stag"", while for other large species the male is a ""bull"", the female a ""cow"", as in cattle. In older usage, the male of any species is a ""hart"", especially if over five years old, and the female is a"
"onset of their first estrus. The fillies then stay with the group until they join an existing breeding herd or make their own breeding herd with a bachelor male from the herd. Red deer males leave their mothers between 1 and 2 years of age. They then join bachelor herds, in which they spend most of the year. These herds are smaller (less than 50 members) and more unstable than the female herds and they follow a linear dominance hierarchy. This hierarchy is determined by both body size and the size of the stag’s antlers, with older stags having on"
"and breeding success peaks at about eight years of age. Stags two to four years old rarely hold harems and spend most of the rut on the periphery of larger harems, as do stags over 11 years old. Young and old stags that do acquire a harem hold it later in the breeding season than those stags in their prime. Harem-holding stags rarely feed and lose up to 20% of their body weight. Stags that enter the rut in poor condition are less likely to make it through to the peak conception period. Male European red deer have a distinctive"
"fully mature state. A lord would want to hunt not just any deer, but a mature stag in good condition, partly for the extra meat and fat it would carry, but also for prestige. Hence a hart could be designated ""a hart of grease"", (a fat stag), ""a hart of ten"", (a stag with ten points on its antlers) or ""a royal hart"" (a stag which had been hunted by a royal personage). A stag which was old enough to be hunted was called a ""warrantable"" stag. The hart was a ""beast of venery"" representing the most prestigious form of"
"“You are tired, hunter of the deer,” said she, “and vexed because the old dog has allowed the big stag to escape.” ”I am tired, indeed, and grieved, that the grey dog’s best days have passed,” answered the hunter. “Courage, and take this dog with you,” said the second maiden, “and there is not a four-hoofed creature on the face of the earth, from the little hare to the full-antlered stag, but he will catch, and bring to you.” “What is his name?” asked the hunter. She replied that it was Brodum. He took the leash out of her hand,"
"Rooster A rooster, also known as a cockerel or cock, is an adult male gallinaceous bird, usually an adult male chicken (""Gallus gallus domesticus""). Mature male chickens less than one year old are called cockerels. The term ""rooster"" originates in the United States, and the term is widely used throughout North America, as well as Australia and New Zealand. The older terms ""cock"" or ""cockerel"", the latter denoting a young cock, are used in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ""Roosting"" is the action of perching aloft to sleep at day, which is done by both sexes. The rooster is polygamous,"
"some parts of Canada. It can be found around decaying logs and stumps, where it breeds. Males use mandibles to fight at breeding sites. Eggs are deposited in rotting wood. Larvae live in decaying wood of deciduous trees. Larvae reportedly take two years to develop, and pupate in nearby soil. They are attracted to lights at night. They have been found in captivity to make burrows and nest in soil and mulch. Lucanus capreolus Lucanus capreolus (commonly known as reddish-brown stag beetle) is a beetle of the family Lucanidae. The specific name ""capreolus"" is derived from Latin, meaning ""roe deer"""
"White stag A white stag (or white hind for the female) is a white-colored red deer or fallow deer, explained by a condition known as leucism that causes its hair and skin to lose its natural colour. The white deer has played a prominent role in many cultures' mythology. Leucism is a rare genetic pattern that causes a reduction in the pigment of an animal's hair and skin. The natural colour of the red deer ranges from dark red to brown. They are often thought to be albinos; however, unlike albinos, who have characteristically red eyes, deer with leucism have"
"crops), and descendants of introduced populations living in New Zealand and Argentina have grown quite large in both body and antler size. Large red deer stags, like the Caspian red deer or those of the Carpathian Mountains, may rival the wapiti in size. Female red deer are much smaller than their male counterparts. The male (stag) red deer is typically long and weighs ; the female (hind) is long and weighs . The tail adds another and shoulder height is about . In Scotland, stags average in head-and-body length and high at the shoulder and females average long and tall."
"captivity and in the wild they live 10 to 13 years, though some subspecies with less predation pressure average 15 years. Male red deer retain their antlers for more than half the year, and are less gregarious and less likely to group with other males when they have antlers. The antlers provide self-defence, as does a strong front-leg kicking action performed by both sexes when attacked. Once the antlers are shed, stags tend to form bachelor groups which allow them to cooperatively work together. Herds tend to have one or more members watching for potential danger, while the remaining members"
"data to give a category (Data Deficient). The species as a whole, however, is listed as least concern. However, this was based on the traditional classification of red deer as one species (""Cervus elaphus""), including the wapiti. The common red deer is also known as simply red deer. Selected members of the red deer species group are listed in the table below. Of the ones listed, ""C. e. hippelaphus"", ""C. e. scoticus"", and ""C. e. bactrianus"" may all be junior synonyms. Mature red deer (""C. elaphus"") usually stay in single-sex groups for most of the year. During the mating season,"
"""hind"", especially if three or more years old. The young of small species is a ""fawn"" and of large species a ""calf""; a very small young may be a ""kid"". A castrated male is a ""havier"". A group of any species is a ""herd"". The adjective of relation is """"; like the family name ""Cervidae"", this is from , meaning ""stag"" or ""deer"". Deer Deer (singular and plural) are the hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the fallow deer and the chital, and the Capreolinae, including"
"attractive to wildlife and the animal frequents it. The creature was seen by a resident of Old Deer on two occasions on it in August 2011 just a few days apart. He described the animal as being timid yet not scared, larger than his own average-sized Labrador, solid black in colour with a bushy head and tail. According to a ""Scotland on Sunday"" newspaper reporter writing in 2006, the size of the beast varies from being like an Alsatian or Greyhound. Reports of humans being attacked by the Beast are rare; in 2002, however, a woman was leaving a stable"
"up to and including the age of four. An adult male horse, if left intact, is called either a ""stallion"" or a ""horse"" (sometimes full horse); if castrated, it is called a gelding. In some cases, particularly informal nomenclature, a gelding under four years is still called a colt. A rig or ridgling is a male equine with a retained testicle or one which has been incompletely castrated. In the wild, colts are driven from their herds by the herd stallion somewhere between the age of one and two. This may be, in part, an instinct to prevent inbreeding. When"
"early dawn and late evening, which is also when the crepuscular deer are most active in general. Female red deer reach sexual maturity at 2 years of age. Red deer mating patterns usually involve a dozen or more mating attempts before the first successful one. There may be several more matings before the stag will seek out another mate in his harem. Red deer are among mammals exhibiting homosexual behavior. Females in their second autumn can produce one or very rarely two offspring per year. The gestation period is 240 to 262 days, and the offspring weigh about . After"
"the Elder. The specific epithet ""stellata"" is Latin for ""set with stars"" or ""starry"", and refers to the bird's speckled back in its non-breeding plumage. Members of the family Gavidae are known as ""loons"" in North America and ""divers"" in Great Britain and Ireland. The International Ornithological Congress uses the name ""red-throated loon"" for this species. ""Diver"" refers to the family's underwater method of hunting for prey, while ""red-throated"" is a straightforward reference to the bird's most distinctive breeding plumage feature. The word ""loon"" is thought to have derived from the Swedish ""lom"", the Old Norse or Icelandic ""lómr"", or"
"two weeks, calves are able to join the herd and are fully weaned after two months. All red deer calves are born spotted, as is common with many deer species, and lose their spots by the end of summer. However, as in many species of Old World deer, some adults do retain a few spots on the backs of their summer coats. The offspring will remain with their mothers for almost one full year, leaving around the time the next season's offspring are produced. The gestation period is the same for all subspecies. Red deer live over 20 years in"
"Classico is a black rooster. A black cockerel was believed in medieval times to be a symbol of witchcraft along with the black cat, with the rooster ""used as symbols of either virtue or vice"" until modern times. Rooster A rooster, also known as a cockerel or cock, is an adult male gallinaceous bird, usually an adult male chicken (""Gallus gallus domesticus""). Mature male chickens less than one year old are called cockerels. The term ""rooster"" originates in the United States, and the term is widely used throughout North America, as well as Australia and New Zealand. The older terms"
"crested coot, toed eagles, sandpipers, duck, quail, redstart, black redstart, merlin, black starling, starling, Flamingo, coot, horned coot, whiskered tern, black tern, pin-tailed sandgrouse, little egret, squacco heron, herring gull, Audouin's gull, black-headed gull, dark gull, purple heron, gray heron, barn swallow, red-rumped swallow, sparrow, house sparrow, tree sparrow, Spanish sparrow, jackdaw, honey buzzard, peregrine falcon, crested tit,blue- tit, goldfinch, eared owl, barn owl, kingfisher, heron, black kite, red kite, common blackbird, glossy ibis, chiffchaff, cattle egrets, teals, bittern, little egret, white wagtail, yellow wagtail, purple gallinule, penduline tit, woodcock, brown nighthawks, wood pigeon, shoveler, robin, spotted woodpecker, finch, woodpecker,"
"an additional cost to the owner of the female animal. Stud (animal) A stud animal is a registered animal retained for breeding. The terms for the male of a given animal species (stallion, bull, rooster, etc.) usually imply that the animal is intact—that is, not castrated—and therefore capable of siring offspring. A specialized vocabulary exists for de-sexed animals (gelding, steer, etc.) and those animals used in grading up to a purebred status. Stud females are generally used to breed further stud animals, but stud males may be used in crossbreeding programs. Both sexes of stud animals are regularly used in"
"series. Blanche Noir, an anthropomorphic white stag, is a character in the fantasy webcomic Skin Deep. White stag A white stag (or white hind for the female) is a white-colored red deer or fallow deer, explained by a condition known as leucism that causes its hair and skin to lose its natural colour. The white deer has played a prominent role in many cultures' mythology. Leucism is a rare genetic pattern that causes a reduction in the pigment of an animal's hair and skin. The natural colour of the red deer ranges from dark red to brown. They are often"
"Emperor of Exmoor The Emperor of Exmoor, a red stag (""Cervus elaphus""), was reportedly killed in October 2010. Its weight has been estimated as over and its height at . Red deer on Exmoor National Park are larger than red deer in Scotland owing to their diet. The deer was given its nickname by photographer Richard Austin. Its body was reportedly discovered near the A361 road between Tiverton and Barnstaple in Devon, during the annual rutting season. It was reportedly killed by a licensed hunter, and an unnamed man reported hearing two shots. Within a few days, other local observers"
"bulky stag set against the violet hills and watery skies of an isolated wilderness"", according to the ""Sunday Herald"". The stag has twelve points on his antlers, which in deer terminology makes him a ""royal stag"" but not a ""monarch stag"", for which sixteen points are needed. In 2017 the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh launched a successful campaign to buy the painting for £4 million, finally achieving the acquisition. The painting is now part of the collection, and is on display at the Scottish National Gallery in Room 12. Landseer was a member of the Royal Academy, a"
"spots, and able to stand within about 40 minutes of birth. Initially, the mother protects them by moving them between a number of different locations, only visiting them twice a day to allow them to suckle. After about two weeks, they rejoin the herd. The calves' spots begin to fade after around six weeks, and they attain the full adult colour by the end of their first year. They become sexually mature during their second or third year, although males are rarely successful in the rut until they are at least five years old. Thorold's deer have been reported to"
"wapiti (""C. canadensis"") and central Asian red deer should be treated as species. If the central Asian red deer (from the Caspian Sea to western China) is recognized as a species, it includes the Yarkand deer and Bactrian deer (the two may be synonymous), but it could possibly also include the Kashmir stag, which has not been sampled in recent studies. If it is included in the Central Asian Red Deer, the scientific name of that species is ""C. hanglu"". If it is not included, the scientific name of that species is ""C. yarkandensis"", and the Kashmir stag (""C. hanglu"")"
"view. Hart Side takes its name from the fell side, the two English words signifying ""the hill side frequented by harts"". A hart is a fully mature male red deer, at least five years old. The name of the fell is first recorded by the Ordnance Survey in 1867. Panoramas in earlier 19th century guidebooks label the fell as Glen Coin Fell, which may have been an alternative or an earlier name. Green Side also takes its name from the fell side, the two English words being self-explanatory. Watermillock Common was the unenclosed grazing land of the parish of Watermillock,"
"Rural Enterprise Grant, administered locally by the South West Rural Development Service, was obtained to create a new Exmoor Pony Centre at Ashwick, at a disused farm with of land with a further of moorland. Red deer have a stronghold on the moor and can be seen on quiet hillsides in remote areas, particularly in the early morning. The Emperor of Exmoor, a red stag (""Cervus elaphus""), was Britain's largest known wild land animal, until it was killed in October 2010. The moorland habitat is also home to hundreds of species of birds and insects. Birds seen on the moor"
"caliber coefficient or better. Most successful shots are long range, made from scoped bolt-action or express rifles. A special permit must be obtained by both hunters, foreign or domestic, in order to pursue this animal, in a hunting season of a month or so, opened each year around mid-October. Stag hunting ""(vanatoare de cerbi)"" refers to three species ""cerb carpatin"" or Carpathian stag (Cervus elaphus hippelaphus), ""caprior"" or roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and ""cerb lopatar"" or fallow deer (Dama dama). The most prized remains the red stag (Cerbus elaphus hippelaphus) the largest of the subspecies whom will refer to hitherto."
"Barbary stag The Barbary stag (""Cervus elaphus barbarus"") or Atlas deer is a subspecies of red deer that is native to North Africa. The Barbary stag is smaller than the typical red deer. Its body is dark brown with some white spots on its flanks and back. The antlers lack the bez (second) tine. The Atlas deer is the only member of the deer family that is native to Africa. It thrives in dense, humid forested areas of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. It had initially been hunted to extinction in the latter, but specimens from the Tunisian population were reintroduced"
"long reddish-yellow to grayish-green legs. The body feathers are generally blackish and dark, sometimes grey brown overall with a coppery sheen that becomes more complex in adult males. Adult males, called toms or gobblers, have a large, featherless, reddish head, red throat, and red wattles on the throat and neck. The head has fleshy growths called caruncles. Juvenile males are called jakes; the difference between an adult male and a juvenile is that the jake has a very short beard and his tail fan has longer feathers in the middle. The adult male's tail fan feathers will be all the"
"to long in fully adult individuals. As with most deer, only the males have antlers. The shaggy coat can be from yellowish brown to dark grey in colour, and while it is usually uniform in colour, some subspecies have chestnut marks on the rump and underparts. Sambar also have a small but dense mane, which tends to be more prominent in males. The tail is relatively long for deer, and is generally black above with a whitish underside. Adult males and pregnant or lactating females possess an unusual hairless, blood-red spot located about halfway down the underside of their throats."
"Stud (animal) A stud animal is a registered animal retained for breeding. The terms for the male of a given animal species (stallion, bull, rooster, etc.) usually imply that the animal is intact—that is, not castrated—and therefore capable of siring offspring. A specialized vocabulary exists for de-sexed animals (gelding, steer, etc.) and those animals used in grading up to a purebred status. Stud females are generally used to breed further stud animals, but stud males may be used in crossbreeding programs. Both sexes of stud animals are regularly used in artificial breeding programs. A stud farm, in animal husbandry, is"
"a male deer's head with a barbed, broad arrowhead in blue between its antlers. A loose translation of the family motto is ""Know Your Opportunity."" The use of the Lowle Coate of Arms has varied slightly between the generations; some families omitted the pheon azzure or substituted blunted bolts for the pointed darts; and one generation, notably a pastor, used an urn in his families crest instead of the stag's head. The right for a man to bear arms traditionally passes from father to eldest son; occasionally subsequent generations change the Coat of Arms to reflect their lives or vocations"